Will Adding New Ships to Elite Dangerous Odyssey Save the Game in 2024?

[@HawkesGaming]

The new 2024 Best start is currently being filmed. All guides will be updated for Odyssey right after! This will be done from the perspective of a fresh save. I hope you enjoy the complete journey as it unfolds through multiple videos. I will pick the 5 contest winners soon so good luck!

[@cmdrclassified]

For me, it was ObsidianAnt and MrMyu. Bought the game, then 100 hours in I realized it was also VR compatible. Spent over 7K hrs in VR. I was part of MrMyu's squadron, The Errant Knights. One of my fondest memories is travelling to the Maia system, and docking at Obsidian orbital, and hearing Ant's voice inside. Felt like seeing an old friend after a long journey. The Elite Dangerous community are the most welcoming people I have ever met. Yourself included, Commander. o7

[@CMDR.Stormlynx]

It is great that ships have always been added as part of regular game updates, but just out of mild curiosity, it would be interesting to have a poll to see if players would actually purchase new ships via ARX if that was an option.

[@garfield2406]

My favorite experience in ED was the free Anaconda in Hutton Orbital, always worth a trip 😁

[@whs4754]

Thanks dude, keep em coming.

[@hurtfixer_]

Sorry to say I am a XedCommander, and Only thing that will bring me back are ship interiors, till then - I am loving StarCitizen and not looking back!

[@douglasmorris8364]

I still enjoy ED after 4 years and it's the only game I play at 68yo. It feels like home to me. Great to see more ED content from you.

[@capkom7]

o7 CMDR

[@b1bmsgt]

I’m 72 and pretty much in the same boat. (I just engineered my Maverick suit to grade 5 with night vision, as well my Executioner and Tormentor. Now I’m pretty much invincible during a settlement raid!) I hop onto SC and MSFS now and then, but I always come back to Elite. I played the original on my Commodore 64 back in 1985, and bought ED 5 years or so ago and then let it sit on my hard drive for a couple of years for some reason. I too saw a KZbin video and it reminded me that I had it sitting there untouched. The rest is history…

[@steampoweredgamer1080]

@@b1bmsgt love the post. Played the original on an Amstrad 128. I'm 51 years old. Haven't played ED in a few years now. To me it's like the devs didn't really feel the love for what they were making. Maybe it's changed or maybe i just misread the situation. Never did get the planet exploration DLCs. After viewing this vid, i might down load it again.

[@guidomeyer4695]

53 here, for modern times alredy an "old player". I love elite, taking my own pace, generation my own experience. Great not to been alone...

[@TheTitanFind]

@@b1bmsgt Where do you get the night vision for the suit from? Got all my suits engineered to G5 and still can't find which Engineer does it?

[@simontwitchett672]

We need a large hauling ship. 1000 capacity minimum

[@HawkesGaming]

I fully agree with this. Something that is bigger than the cutter. Something so massive it can complete an ore delivery mission in one trip.

[@zrbytegmail]

The problem is that two of the biggest ships in the game only hold 700t (ish). Making either of those hold more will make them bigger and they wont fit on the large pad any more. They could do something to increase the cargo capacity on some of the other ships like adding cargo panier racks to the T-6 and T-7. Maybe adding special cargo module slots which either only hold racks similar to the current military slots or maybe make them double the capacity of a rack used in the slot or something. I think either would be cool but I don't know how they'd explain the ships not getting bigger. Though I suppose its not a game requirement but rather a rule from Braben about realistic ship sizes. This rule has been broken twice before when they increased the T-7 and T-9 making both able to haul around 50% more with no external changes.

[@Neo-vz8nh]

Panther clipper, but they stated that the new ship will be variants of existing ones. Well maybe a Type 11. It would be really cool if they could serve as a moving fortress, with fort shield (an extended shield where smaller ships can go under it), and repair abilities for smaller ships. Only problem with this, as it would make the Type 9 obsolete.

[@Kissamiess]

Yes and also a small hauling ship for those small pad Odyssey settlements. Currently the best one for the task is Dolphin if you don't have access to Cobra Mk.IV. Doesn't seem right. Might also add a dedicated hauler for medium pads while we are at it. The best ship currently is Python, but it's multipurpose. A type 7 variant that was a little lower and had little more cargo space thatn Python would fit the bill.

[@RoninX33]

Maybe if we are lucky new ships will be a regular thing now. Of course I thought that before. So we can hope.

[@freedomordeth]

I hope they introduce a piracy geared ship. I'm not a pirate but, some of my favourite interactions with players were piracy based. My favourite to this day was a noob pirate. I normally evade interdictions but, was distracted with one of your videos on my 2nd monitor and got caught. I had about 120 tons of LTD on my Python, with another 30 of limpets. The pirate asked for 60 tons of LTD and after some back and forth we agreed to 30 tons. I dropped 30 limpets and ran before they realized I pulled a fast one. I never saw them again but, to this day I LOL when I think of it 😂

[@arobotarmy9878]

I burned out doing the grind for the ships I have. It’s going to take an engineering fix before I’m motivated to return.

[@Akkarinization]

Exactly this. Words are cheap. Unless Fdev actually does something properly I don't care.

[@HawkesGaming]

The solo engineering grind is very rough and time consuming. If constantly done with a group of friends working as a team it's not near as bad anymore. Plus the fun times all chatting together as the grind unfolds lol. Seriously though it could use a change just like powerplay.

[@Thristed]

i have to agree on this, i hate the engineering grind...

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

Watching Hawkes vids I can get all the engineering supplies I need for several ships.

[@Tamburello_1994]

People who make posts like this display for all the world to see they do not possess the mental capacity to play the game.

[@shoutingstone]

Been playing Elite in its various iterations since 1984. Still surprises me that there are people who havent heard of it, like a film buff saying they've never heard of Star Wars

[@gimli1d]

Star Wars was 7 of 8 years old before I fist saw it on TV. I was enthralled.

[@pepeellis3703]

If the game had seemless transitions and full ship interiors I would not have started playing star citizen

[@saunder5]

20 things i'd like to see from fdev this year and beyond: 1. new ships (confirmed) 2. engineering overhaul 3. minor weather on atmospheric planets (clouds, dust storms, etc) 4. make more atmospheric planets landable (more than 0.1 atmosphere) 5. make volcanic planets landable 6. black hole overhaul (add accretion disks and event horizon) 7. ship interiors (never happening) 8. new srvs 9. new suits 10. new guns 11. if no ship interiors, at least add walkable and interactable cockpits 12. add liquid bodies to the surface of planets 13. procedural cities on planets 14. new ship launched fighters 15. cqc overhaul 16. improve conflict zone payout 17. improve payout for exploration 18. expand the bubble 19. optimize the performance and improve graphics 20. REGULAR UPDATES (every month or so) THAT ADD NEW AND DIVERSE CONTENT OTHER THAN THARGOID NARRATIVE + BUG FIXES (edit: if fdev actually did all of these things, elite dangerous would be at its highest point in terms of popularity ever. obviously a lot of these things will probably never happen, but many of them will have to in order to preserve the game and its fanbase.)

[@Edsel1134]

Best memory for me: Unlocking Farseer when I first started, I kept jumping away from the bubble blindly. Eventually I spotted a crash sight wayyyyy outside the bubble. So my unengineered DBX and I landed! I got into my srv to investigate. A few mins later as I was checking out the site a large growl filled my headset that sent chills down my spine. Looking around in orbit cam I came face to face with my first thargoid. At the time I didn't even know they existed. That encounter was the door to years of antixeno content I've participated in!!😂 I will never forget that moment.

[@HawkesGaming]

I totally remember my first encounter like 5 years ago. I got pulled out of fast travel then did nothing but poop my pants as it scanned me then went away. I'd like to give you an ice sheet paint just cause I can relate to this story. All you have to do is send Hawkes Gaming a message on Discord. My discord channel link is located in the video.

[@christopherhashbrowns]

Honestly, my favorite adventure in ED was being able to hop online with my dad after not seeing him in person for months during 2020 and hopping into some bounty hunting missions in our Krait MkIIs. I know there are a lot of super epic experiences people have had in the game, but i just really appreciated enjoying something so simple but something we both enjoyed and are passionate about. ED will always hold a special place in my heart regardless of where it goes in the future

[@HawkesGaming]

christopher my dad and I played Elite Dangerous together back in the day. He really loved Elite and it was great to share that love with him. God rest his soul he passed away a last year. I can completely relate to your story and would love to give you an ice sheet paint code key. All you have to do is send Hawkes Gaming a message on Discord. My discord channel link is located in the video.

[@BFKallDAY]

I played Elite back in the day a lot. I was even there helping escort Salome when the betrayal happened. Recently got back into Elite because of your video's, stoked for new ships since im starting fresh on pc again.

[@daradacro23]

say his name

[@BFKallDAY]

@@daradacro23 Harry....Potter...

[@kaizaki9148]

o7 cmdr! I was there too in my courier. More people online than I've seen before apart from when the first goid attack site on those Farraguts happened. I was 22KLy away at the time, multicrewed into a friends ship to check it out.

[@lordraven1991]

What would really save Elite would be the ability to build our own systems. It's cool to jet around the bubble and see all of the ports, stations, and fleet carriers in the systems we visit, but how amazing would it be to discover a planetary system for the first time, and flag it for colonization. I'm talking about registering your new system, naming it, picking from a list of stations/planetary bases/production facilities and so on, and then transporting supplies and materials to the system to build everything. There is little to do in the galaxy once you leave the areas where humanity is clustered other than explore endlessly, you might find a place to do some amazing mining but then have to travel for literal irl days to get to the nearest location to sell it all. Even if it isn't to that extreme, just being able to put a flag down on a world that can support life and allow you to make that your' "Home world" would be amazing. As far as the War with the Thargoids goes, I'm just now buying the game and am extremely late to the party. When I bought the game the first titan fell, and already they have destroyed two more in the weeks to follow. I'm still dying to ring pirates while bounty hunting for a few million credits let alone seeing my very first Thargoid. I can see what they were trying to go for, but the news I have been following about the war is very predictable, first couple contacts, our standard weapons work against them, then they don't, we research new weapons that work, then they don't, we researched even newer weapons that worked, they still work but newer versions of Thargoid warships keep appearing that take considerably more to kill, people started optimizing how to kill these new forms, now we have titans that took forever to kill the first one, now they are dropping like flies. Anyone that would have actually taken a step back would have realized that the devs would have never actually let the Thargoids genially wipe out humanity by invading deep into the bubble. If they did then Elite would truly die as there wouldn't be anywhere for the players to go to rearm, repair, or refuel. They would have to make it so that those that have fleet carriers wouldn't be able to lose them as they would be the last strongholds of humanity, and nobody would be able to buy new ones due to the fall of human controlled space. At the rate things are going, I as a new player, will never get the fight a Thargoid. And if I do, it will be just minor skirmishes with the last remnants of their race much like the bounty hunting I currently am doing in planetary rings. I'm just enjoying the ability to just system to system and use scanners to fully map each system, I haven't even begun making my way to any engineering locations yet and am focusing on getting the hang of mining and transporting goods. With every ship in the game focused into four basic roles (mining, cargo, fighting, and exploration) it is really hard to build a new ship that can fall under the banner of "exiting" when it doesn't add anything new to the game. It will still be called the "new anaconda", "new corvette", or "new asp". There are ships that fill these roles extremely well already, and then there are others that everyone agrees could and should be removed from the game completely. I'm more concerned by the fact that I can make millions from my friend protecting me from pirates while I mine in my cargo miner, by he doesn't get a cut of the resources when I sell them.

[@tankerofplanes7976]

Actual good content to use those ships for, that does NOT require endless amount of boring grind to do or bust

[@HawkesGaming]

Insert new gameplay loop let's hope. Ahh hopium the nectar of the space Gods heh.

[@andyc664]

You could spend real money on it instead like sc lol

[@Valen-vl5ds]

You have this completely backwards Elite is the one that blocks things behind RL paywalls. If you think I’m wrong try leaving your ship without paying for odyssey. SC makes everything available in game for free.

[@randomperson9672]

except most things are half broken and half baked or completely missing in sc

[@Tamburello_1994]

You got started watching OA vids, well, I got started watching your ships video, mate so you actually inspired me. Glad to see you making content again.

[@thelionsam]

New ships, and the joy of fine tuning them through engineering, then new or improved loops, new targets, new adventures.... 👌 the war-weary can return soon.

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

I don't think we need new ships at all. I think we need instancing problems fixed when in a team on a Carrier or at the Thargoid Star-map. Landing suspension on ships would be nice. Ship interiors (as promised). Damage modelling like on the Anaconda on all ships. Improved Jump Range tech so it doesn't take hours to go and look at some of the pretties the Explorers discover in person. Enhanced acceleration and deceleration in super cruise so it doesn't' take an hour to go to Hutton Orbital. New ships are way down my list of priorities for fixing this game. I am pleased to hear that those annoying Thargoids might be kicked out of the bubble though.

[@driftnut666]

"Can new ships save ED" ? not without interiors. SC is attracting player every day as a result.

[@robgazzard4432]

I would suggest that game needs depth, not just new ships. It has the capacity for depth, but not the vision or resources to make it happen. Some suggestions: 1. NPC Crews and management of their knowledge, skills and abilities (we can truely be commanders then!) 2. Manufacturing, building on Trading, either using base building and/or use of space and grounds stations.

[@Johnny_Kanuk]

I stopped playing back when they were just introducing the Thargoids. I enjoyed playing it and just doing trade runs and using the mapping system to figure out good runs. My favorite memory was when I tried my hand at mining around an ice ring. Yeah, I sucked and went boom, but I didn't know about the possibility of NPCs coming. I knew they were out there. I just didn't know they attacked in rings. The main reason I stopped was I just got into other games. May come back to see what's new. Loved doing trade runs.

[@toecutter9372]

After 5K hours invested and countless memories with ED, I hung up my helmet when odyssey was released. That was absolutely a dumpster fire. I haven’t played 5 min in 4 years. I now play Star Citizen full time. That game is more my style anyway. I’ll always love ED, it will always have a special place with me. Cool video!✌️

[@MyAmazingUsername]

Star Citizen is super buggy but still infinitely more fun than Elite Dangerous. And X4 Foundations is pretty much better than both of them.

[@elitedangereuse]

Awesome video Hawkes. As a matter of fact You were the one who helped me start Elite and but my very first python! Now, I (ThArGos) and my space partner OptimusKoala we have been through many adventures. One of my favorite is about Jacob Scarlett. And today people can experience that adventure themselves on our website. I can't wait to see a massive amount of new CMDRs joining us all in Elite. Again, thank you Hawkes for the hours of content I could go through back then.

[@optimuskoala]

As OptimusKoala I say yes to this commentary 😂

[@alanroy5946]

Flying in the death races at pomeche 2c is the best thing I've done in any game. Engineering a viper to boost to 896ms with weapons and shields then meeting up with a load of others to fly at the bottom of 5km deep canyons. Firing cannons and dropping mines whilst dodging the terrain was ace

[@jameswalker9418]

The thought of whether or not new ships saving the game has never entered my mind. I just want new ships!

[@rockyjetproject1345]

Words of good wisdom, brother! I’m excited. I was a beta backer and yes, it’s come a long way but there is a-lot of potential here for elite to really get even better and great than it already is. Fingers crossed and hoping for the very best. I’m hoping for some new added content, new ships, perhaps new or side professions etc.

[@wasteele3]

@HawkesGaming I started the game on Xbox following your videos, in particular your ship review vid and best start, which taught me core mining and gave me ship acquisition goals when I was early game. Best memory was a joint squadron massive AX hunting event where we had a dozen commanders in the same instance fighting Hydras and Madusa interceptors (pre Thargoid invasion). Overall though the game has provided me personally with a great community and new friends that have become great friends to share in this ultimate space sandbox, no doubt disappointed as an Xbox born player and squadron, the game experience was strong enough to keep many of us together and also strong enough to help us transition to the PC Elite and Odyssey community. Thanks Hawke for the introduction to a beautiful game. Your enthusiasm made me a fan and I still am years later. 07

[@mauricester]

Good to see you drop an Elite Video again, Mr. Hawkes,, Haven't been able to enjoy Elite for about a year now,, BUT,, Now,, I am intersted again,, Bought this game in 2016,, played the hell out of it,, never was able to collect the Billions, like some do ,, I kept buying the ships,, and new ships that came out ,, and upgrades and upgrades,, ,, ,, the game was alwyas a nice escape from reality ,

[@SmashPhysical]

My favorite thing is and will always be exploration. Love being way out in the black in my Viper Mk IV and seeing something new almost every time I play. Thanks for this video, I hope this is going to be the start of a big turnaround for this best-ever game!!

[@jessecarlton2021]

I play in VR and this game is a glorious eye candy experience. I like to take my Anaconda and mine with it. And when I get jumped by pirates on my way to sell, I melt face with my loadout. I use a hybrid mining/defense build with my Anaconda. Or even the first time you fly the Anaconda through the mail slot. Glorious!

[@SupernaturalPowerz]

Hey what VR set do you use? I just use a psVR set because it was so cheap and yes VR in this game is stellar. With the psVR it's quite pixelated because of it's limited design which I accept, the psVR also loses it's alignment-sync and needs to be reset every minute or so, which isn't so bad if you assign a hotkey for it to recenter.. Does your VR have these problems?

[@jessecarlton2021]

@@SupernaturalPowerz I play on PC with a Quest 2. No problems at all.

[@SupernaturalPowerz]

@@jessecarlton2021 ok thanks!

[@make1up726]

I missed the Kickstarter but I bought the deluxe when it went live. I loved the game and I enjoyed multiplayer. Pvp, mission running, mining, it was all fun with friends. Then they added the engineer update and not only did it require you to fly crazy distances to get to the engineers but after hours of grinding to get super rare materials I got hardly anything. I was full time college at the time so I couldn't spend the time to get all my modules maxed out. Instantly my ships I spent so long grinding rep and credits for was useless in multiplayer. It was no longer a space sim, it was a grind fest to get the best enchantments on your modules with space magic. Stopped playing and never looked back. Crazy to see an ED video on my feed.

[@anarchigaming4496]

My favourite adventure was taking the neutron highway with my son and brother to Colonia, all on discord together as we were in different parts of the country. Good Times :)

[@moonshadegaming1778]

I'm not entirely certain I could pick just a single favorite adventure within Elite. I had my first solo Thargoid Interceptor kill, my first time using the Dropship to carpet bomb a surface settlement before putting boots on the ground to finish the raid, exploring distant nebulae, or my first time successfully following one of your guides for trading (finding expansion+bust is still such a pain) all within 2023. As someone that got into the game in 2019, but didn't really get active until just a couple months before Salvation pushed us into the current war, I've gotten pretty used to the existing lineup of ships being the extent of what we get. Needless to say though, I am beyond excited to see some new ones being added. It'll definitely give some fresh life to my own gameplay loops, and that is something I've been looking for since mid 2023.

[@Zart_Holiday]

The best part about this up date and the hype around it is one of my favorite YT content creators coming back to make fresh new guides and videos , Can't wait to see all your up coming videos about this great game.

[@HawkesGaming]

The best start is going to be so next level it's on a whole new plane of existence compared to anything I have done before.

[@LordofSyn]

I have been playing this IP since the original 84 Elite. I have way too many experiences to remember one specifically and honestly, I've forgotten more than i remember over that time. Elite has always been Braben's baby and has had its roller coaster ride more than a few times over the last 40 years. The reason i keep can never let it go is because i know how good it can be and hope it returns to that level again. I believe in Elite or it wouldn't be around after 4 decades. The competition is fiercer now than ever before and I know that Elite can go the distance with the right focus from FDev. There are so many more experiences to be had and i am here for them! Væ Victis, CMDR! O7

[@endlesswars8559]

My greatest experience in Elite Dangerous has to be 'Elite Dangerous'. The path is yours, with friends or without. Make space cheddar in so many ways, never gets boring. The only thing missing (now we have new ships on the way) is being able to own your own space station, now that would be awesome!!!

[@TheDarknessOfNun]

New ships for me is a big bonus, one of my joys of gameplay is engineering ships in all kinds of ways and experimentation to min/max stats for certain jobs. However I started and mainly enjoyed playing for exploration and hoping to find something in the game no one else had. Unfortunately apart from un-mapped planets and bacteria there's nothing in the galaxy to find so I would rather have exploration overhauled and have lots of things we can go and find, added to the game

[@Skychaser67]

I played Elite for about 2 years and was very happy with my space game, then i saw Elite through a VR headset. That was my Elite moment. The game went from Great to EPIC. If you haven't experienced Elite in VR, you are missing out I have 1700 hours in VR sins then, no on foot stuff i dont get out of my pilot chair anymore.

[@zanac76]

Best memory for me was actually yesterday! After a bunch of bounty hunting I get out of the asteroid belt with a broken canopy, so oxygen was rapidly diminishing. I feel super tense to get back to the orbital station in time because I have millions of space bucks on bounty vouchers to lose, let alone my pimped out Type 10... So, with a few minutes of oxygen left, I approach the station in supercruise....and....get interdicted! Not now! Adrenaline rush increases! Will I try avoiding? Will I submit and kill him? Will I submit and flee? I decide for the last option and get back in to supercruise. But by now I have overshot the station of course. So, with some maneuvering and 1 minute to go I exit out of supercruise at the station, request docking and throttle down for auto dock (that Type 10 is tricky to get through the mailslot). Realizing that I only have 30 seconds left, I get into a medium panic. My breathing both in game and irl becomes more like choking. Not gonna make it! The autopilot lines me up to the mailslot slower than I ever thought possible! Desperately I boost into the docking area with 7 seconds to go! Crap.. won't make it...still need to land! But then: salvation! What a sigh of relief realizing the docking area is pressurized and has air! Landing not needed. What a rush! What a game :)

[@ChAvIiTaSD]

Elite dangerous was technically my first space game and I was fascinating with the concept of different ships for different purposes and I still are fascinating about that (playstation player BTW)

[@captain_cup]

There have been some fumbles the last few years, but this announcement shows that Fdev isn't done with this game and at least part of that team still cares for it. At least 4 new ships, a rework of one of the more interesting (in concept, not practice) mechanics of the game and a continuation of this new narrative structure they started is incredible for the game. This news is great and I couldn't be happier. If they can now show they listen to the players and add some other long requested features and changes (ship interiors, reworking other mechanics) then the future is bright.

[@niMBis]

No hyperbole, my favorite adventure in Elite has been following your guides for Engineering. I transposed them into my team's Discord step for step and we all went unlocking and farming like mad. So many good times, so many fantastic nights and conversations. A real crew. I miss those nights and am hoping to get a few more with the new ships coming to Elite. Hell, maybe they will refactor the PMF system after the Powerplay 2.0 and we can get REAL crazy. Haha

[@HawkesGaming]

My group shared those same feels bro. I would love to get those days back.

[@TovarishDima]

I hope they give us explorers some love. Wish they would give us story arcs, like they did with generation ships, the whole Zurara mystery. Add some more variety to what we can find out in the black

[@MarshyD]

OMG ED was my first ever space game, looking back to when I first played it has to be my best memory. The first time flying in circles trying to find the letterbox to dock, hilarious! The first time I watched your mining guide and heard that sweet sweet bomb I felt like Boba Fett! I really hope this game has it's own boom again =]

[@Kethull]

I've said this before and I'm not going to write another essay this time. I sincerely and desperately hope this is the start of Elite not only surviving, but thriving! I've tried the "competition" time and time again, but I've found myself coming back to Elite: Dangerous again this week. I have a list of things to try that I never have before, and that is not even including the new update content. Even though I'm not a hardcore player that has done or earned everything in the game, I still want to know that I am playing a game with a promising future ahead of it. I am rooting for the devs to prioritize Elite this year. I truly believe that a few small steps in the right direction will have a big impact on not only veteran players either returning or finding new interest in the game, but also an influx of new players looking to scratch "that" itch that only Elite has been able to provide for myself. edit: forgot to mention you exploration videos are what got me into the game to start with. Thanks for that!

[@gizmo104drives7]

Honestly the best experience in elite was loading up the first time in my sidewinder at Coelho Station! First time in a space sim in vr and I was absolutely in love. Just looking around and trying to figure out how to even get out the slot.. That and dropping into rings to mine for the first time Any other space game that doesn't have vr is absolutely missing out on those experiences

[@emiliyangeorgiev966]

One of my most epic moments in ED was finding one your videos how to make a lot of money, what ships to buy, how to equip them so you can get to next,better, one, I remember the excitement rushing inside me doing those runs, combat,mining and exploration, I played a full 24h that session ! The new ships can totally revive ED grinding for my next,New, ship and upgrading it was one of my favourite things, and after few hundred hours and few months, after I already had almost every ship , the lack of new ships coming to Elite started to burn me,seeing the potential of the game and in the same time like they did not care about the extremely important role of new ships ,in a space game which evolve around your ship ! ED is a great I'll be happy to see new ships + interiors , and the new,2.0 as they call it, game loop sounds exciting, if they make it more hands on for players. I love ED , I have 3 different copies, for few platforms, of ED that's how much I like this game and what's it to succeed !

[@masterkane5340]

I was a straight addict to this game for years and then... Star Citizen and NMS caught my eye. Star Cit. Got really good really fast at the same time ED odyssey got all weird. But it WAS your tutorials that sucked me into Elite and I lived for the game for years after that. I do miss it. I might come back for new ships, but interiors are really what's required to bring it into SC territory IMHO.

[@HawkesGaming]

Ship interiors would do it for a lot of SC players. They would likely play both then instead of just SC.

[@skullzkc7320]

My favorite time in Elite Dangerous was the glorious summer of broken mining which greatly reduced the grind for my Fleet Carrier. Of course my mining skills were always enhanced by your videos! Thank you Commander!

[@wimdyslim]

Boarding actions would be awesome, but what im actually kind of really interested in is fleet building. I'd love to assign NPCs to my spare craft to fly with me, or establish a home fleet that I can go back to.

[@geoDunkleAura]

My fav thing was ofc the community trip to Colonia with D2EA

[@HawkesGaming]

I bet that was so glorious.

[@markbooth3066]

Me too. Nothing since has ever quite lived up to that first Elite community experience, waiting for the cone rise on the Planet of Death, everyone relaxing and winding down after the harrowing landing, messing about in our SRV's, drawing silly patterns with our tracks, seeing how many ships could be jumped in a row, people naturally parking their small and medium ships in front, with large ships behind, so everyone had a glorious view, then saying fond farewells to new friends as we departed, for the nail biting escape of the planet. Magnificent, truly magnificent.

[@chadowens8577]

best memory for me is getting my first HOTAS for it and using my VR headset and helping my son, who was just learning about space, play for the first time. took a loop around a star then a gas giant and of curse flow through the ring of a planet only to then be chased by space pirates. he is only 5 but that has been one of his favorite times playing games with me.

[@dantechnik]

Love that you are coming back Hawkes love your content.

[@JustDave_GG]

It’s a good start. Hope to see more commitment from FDEV going forward

[@michaelcookson4033]

Having started playing Elite with a 5.4 floppy disc, to what the game has evolved into is magnificent. It is today such a wonderous platform which in my view is under utilised. Exotic weaponry and the scope for many many more storylines, given the vastness and scope it remains conspicuously untapped. Came back to the game purely by chance watching a Distant Worlds episode. It remains my hope that such a beloved game can reach it's higher potential and the continuation of ships, substantive storylines to engage and stretch cmdrs' is the right way to go. Why have thee most beautiful universe with (respectfully) very little 'going on' is a wasted opportunity. More ships, (with movement inside) more challenges that can galvanise collaborations, Exploration given more invested interest etc, etc. We have a community that I learn from and have progressed in the game watching such vids'. Mr Hawkes, i salute you Sir and all our cmdrs. Keep truckin and see you in the black. o7 🙂

[@xDEADP00Lx]

Wtf this game was on a floppy I'd love to see what it looked like 😂

[@ubermeg]

My favourite experience in Elite was forming a player group and minor faction in game. It got me through Covid and even though I've now handed over the reigns to someone way more capable than I, that small but perfectly formed group of players in the After Earth Stella Alliance [AESA] are still going strong. It makes me very proud.

[@jamesswartz3600]

I only just started playing Elite Dangerous on my little brother's recommendation after he let me get his old Saitek X52 Pro and Stream Deck. I didn't even know the game existed, but had mentioned how much I missed the experience of the Jumped to Lightspeed expansion on Star Wars Galaxies back in the day. I spent a lot of time setting up and customizing my H.O.T.A.S., custom Stream Deck layout, and Voice Attack, starting with some pre-built profiles and tweaking them as I've learned the game. I only get a couple hours here and there for gaming, usually to wind down before bed, and am barely scratching the surface still. Your Best Start 2023 video has been a HUGE help overcoming the initial learning curve, and I'm anxiously awaiting the 2024 Best Start that I know you're working on! Thanks for the videos, Hawkes! So many people seem to think that Elite Dangerous is on its last legs, but I'm really looking forward to the new content this year!

[@cetifoxproductions]

I'm enthusiastic about the news ships. As a citizen of the Colonia region, I never cared about the Thargoid stuff. I'm also not interested on any of the on-foot stuff. I just wish they'd fix the crappy moon/planet surface stuff. It's boring and looks horrible in VR (the only way I play). I feel like all that was a bait-and-switch, when they showed some truly awesome ice planets....and then gave us the ugly mess we have now.

[@zefnoly9147]

Ship interiors and a grind/engineering fix + less dependance on thirdparty tools is what it will take to bring me back... Especially the ability to go EVA. CS spoiled me...

[@andyc664]

It's not dead I still love it been playing since 2015 on and off, I've played it on xbox triple elite,ps4 triple elite now pc nearly triple elite the grind isn't that bad

[@ezmodey1105]

I know your point but it's undercut by "Ive played this game for a decade on 3 generations of consoles... the grind isnt THAT bad" lol. This game is single player EVE levels of systems, it's a ton of work experimentation and learning that is NOT the cup of tea for most people. I am a Solution Architect for a national Medtech Company and man after dealing with compliance, Engineering for Biz dev, managing projects and dissecting PRs with stupid tiny mistakes all day the last thing I want to do is sit at home and open more spreadsheets lol (and then they still havent enabled VR in odyssey) you are welcome to enjoy what you enjoy but I can see the frustration for people who invest 60 hours and get essentially nowhere. (This is coming from someone with 775.7 hrs on record )

[@HawkesGaming]

I know your feels. I recently started a fresh alt account. I took a friend who was brand new to the game and we both grinded all engineering mats, made 8 billion doing trade bought fleet carriers together the whole nine yards. He was a brand new player. Bless his bitty little heart trying to keep up but he did it learning the entire time. The grind isn't hard when you know how to do it. The amount of accomplishment we both felt at the end of me shooting footage was unreal.

[@stanettiels7367]

That’s crazy regarding Obsidian Ant. I’m not even a sci-fi fan but I love space. I was recommended an Ant video, seen how realistic the game looked and couldn’t believe I’d never seen it before. I bought it immediately, same as you.

[@HawkesGaming]

I was already looking up the game while the video was playing. I was blown away I never knew about Elite.

[@TormodSteinsholt]

I think that new ships at least states that the game is not dead. It's still a good bang for the buck and could probably without that much effort reclaim the spot of being the preferred entry game for new star simmers. I hope that they will address the concerns around Odyssey and make the power play a more tangible presence that you can relate to and maneuver in. Furthermore, that the common grinding tasks will see new gameplay elements and quality of life enhancements. Exobiology, exploration, passenger, piracy, policing, bounty hunting, cargo trucking all are rewarding activities.

[@HawkesGaming]

Like if I just discovered Elite Dangerous today I would buy the base game and all the current DLC's just like I did before. The value you get by being able to fly all those different ships is well worth every single penny. The new player experience for Elite right now is actually quite good. I recently started over myself with a fresh save.

[@josemiguelrodriguez3705]

Started playing ED less than a month ago and we get this?? Everyday to me is a new favorite adventure!

[@SGTJackMorgan]

Adding new ships is certainly a good way to attract some players back, and maybe some new players. I don't think new ships will be what saves Elite though. Gameplay loops is what FDev need to look at for retaining players for the long term, and I hope that the updates to Powerplay will be a step in that directions. And for the love of space cheddar they need to revamp the engineering. Being able to tweak and customize your ship is pretty cool and an attractive features, but the grind for engineering really does not respect the time of the player base.

[@madbadrunner7234]

My favorite memory's are when I mess up.. forgetting my scoop, cracking an asteroid while being WAY too close, finally getting myself a hotas setup and being so excited to try it out that I didn't go through my keybindings and then pinballing my python around the inside of the station.

[@dosentmatter1593]

fav adventure would be my first trip out to the eta carina nebula. i had just finished some engineering on my jumpa-conda and i wanted to familiarize myself with the nuances of deep space exploration. as well as ease my worry about the dangers of independent exploration. Now im working with STAR to resupply DSSA carriers using the same jumpa-conda. been a blast

[@Iebelty8]

Hoping these new ships make it to console too 😢 but my trip to Sagittarius A is still by far the most memorable, all the things I saw on the way there made it the best trip

[@soldier72]

My best memory is not a single memory but a conglomeration. Watching a video of yours for the first time in How To Have The Best Start many years ago, jumping into my Sidey to mine LTDs 70+LY or so away and jumping 1LY at a time as I didn't know about the setting to jump at max distance only to forget collection limpets: 70+ jumps back. Visiting the Conda crash site. Experiencing my first Goid hyperdiction. Busting rocks at the DBX map before the Painite nerf to FINALLY afford an FC. Watching Void Opal rocks explode for the first time... AHHHH. Discovering my first Guardian site. Fitting out Glorious to do 6/hr Robigo Runs. Zooming around Davs Hope. Falling into a star waiting for the enviable while I overheat. And of course, listening to CMDR Jameson's logs at the Cobra crash site and actually having a lump in my throat. How could they do that to him? All those... moments will be lost like... tears in the rain if I ever leave for good. Time... to fly.

[@mart0n3]

i started to played the game also because of a youtube recommendation (of actually one of your videos) and i got almost 2000+ hours from there...those times were great and the community was amazing. my favorite moment was when i finally killed a cyclops all by myself :D it was really fulfilling; and great to see you back making content o7

[@kane11299]

My fav thing about Elite Dangerous is watching your videos on making glorious space cheddar! Then going and making that space cheddar. 😁

[@HawkesGaming]

You know thats an excellent story! I'm going to give you an Ice Sheet skin code! All you have to do is send Hawkes Gaming a message on Discord. My discord channel link is located in the video.

[@Symbiote2.0]

I used to love playing Elite Dangerous so much. I was really excited when I heard that Odyssey was coming out. Unfortunately, they announced that they would not be supporting VR. For me, I had an Oculus DK2 and the Saitek X52 controllers, and I used software called Voice Attack. I pretty much lived inside ED, just doing mining and reputation grinding. I'm glad to see that there's still a dedicated community playing, even though I've stopped playing myself. I'll continue watching your videos, my dude! o7

[@r4microds]

I left ED because of the engineering grind. I realized i liked the game a lot, but deapite the countless hours put into it, there were just more fun ways to spend my time than repeat the same thing over and over. I tuned into the stream yesterday hoping they would have addressed this.. perhaps in the future.

[@CB-io8oi]

Sunk a massive amount of time into ED, loved most of it but the grind was also quite brutal. I was end game stage - Fleet Carrier, all ships, billions, all engineers, all military ranks, PP modules....but I was on xbox. I did the cross over to PC before they offered the service, back when the just cashed up the in game value and made that your starting credits. Quite funny starting in a sidewinder... exiting the starter system and heading to the closest FC system to buy a carrier. Then jump to I Sola Prospect to buy every ship not locked behind the navy ranks. Made it through several engineer unlocks but wasn't enjoying it at all. Moved onto Star Citizen and haven't been back for a look since. I still on occasion watch updates on it but don't feel any motivation to jump back into it. Still have fond memories of the great atmospheric firsts in the game - like Thargoid interdictions/ground bases or Guardians bases. Great atmosphere and sound effects there, really enjoyed those.... and then they wrecked that with MAT grind loops lol. Do they still have a list of MATs that serve no purpose in game?

[@LivyathanAD]

Hard to believe a game based on flying spaceships has gone this long without any new additions to its fleet. It's my all time favourite game but I've barely touched it since Odyssey.

[@nooneeyeno]

Agreed, Stop the Thargoid war. Ship interiors is my hope and savior.

[@davewills6121]

Like you Hawkes, im inspired by new ships, and Fdev's fresh outlook on ship packs and new content, has inspired me to give odyssey a try. Never tried exploration, and a new ship will set me on my exploration adventure. Kudos

[@giuseppemorale5269]

My favourite experience in Elite Dangerous has been being part of an amazing squadron where I made some great friends. At some point we were attacked in our space by a rival squadron and to gain the upper hand I managed to infiltrate our enemy and share intelligence to help us anticipate their moves and defeat them in space and on the ground. It was so exciting to be able to recreate all that with friends, enemies and in space with our favourite ships. I played in VR and I thought that I could never get bored of the game. Eventually I moved on to try other games, but Elite Dangerous still holds a special place in my space heart. And I owe it to your videos if I managed to get into the game and have great experiences. You have always been my go to for anything Elite and SC, keep em coming mate!

[@msteele999]

I have 7,700+ hours in Elite:Dangerous and I have no one favorite gameplay loop. I love the chill of mining in my Python, the excitement of HazRes combat in my Corvette, discovering new systems and species in my Diamondback, collecting materials and reactivating settlements, and long haul jumping in my carrier. I have never, ever shot at Thargoid and will not miss them. Thanks for giving away the skins and keep producing GLORIOUS content!

[@HawkesGaming]

I would like to give you the Ice Sheet skin code! All you have to do is send Hawkes Gaming a message on Discord. My discord channel link is located in the video.

[@msteele999]

@@HawkesGaming awesome! I'll reach out this morning

[@msteele999]

@@HawkesGaming I tried sending a message on your discord but it would not deliver it - I did send a friend request so hopefully that will resolve the issue.

[@HawkesGaming]

@@msteele999 I dont see a message but I do see a friend request.

[@msteele999]

If this sounds weird - I apologize - I'm trying to make it sound unique

[@ivangorban5456]

Adding new ships is good way to bring back players to E:D, but ship interiors are gonna make a HUGE leap in popularity of our beloved game.

[@markgibson4144]

I have been with Elite from the begining, yep Kick Starter then the various Alpha phases. My favorite memory is the 1st time I cracked open an asteroid with explosives, nothing short of awesome, still love doing it. Bought a Fleet Carrier on my Void Opal earnings :)

[@Atom-E.B.E.]

As a late player, last year or so, I'm sad the Thargoid war is coming to a close, but I get it. I'm more excited for the potential of powerplay, something that can extend gameplay beyond updates. And yes, the new ships, Python looks amazing

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

My best adventure in Elite Dangerous was traveling to Colonia the first time, in my barely engineered Asp Explorer. I spent alot of time in that ship in the years since, but back then it felt like flying by the seat if my pants, every jump into a new system... felt like its own adventure.

[@Genericusername1004]

Most fun I had was a solo trip in my 19 ly jumping unengjneered cutter. Basically knew nothing about the game other than the fed grind. Jumped roughly 3000 jumps to sag a* then colonia and back to bubble. Netted nearly 3bil in exploration data haha

[@snakeize25]

I'm stuck on legacy version, I'm here because I love your content and hope maybe one day consoles get put back in the loop!

[@cyrilmetodej3614]

sell your console and buy PC, consoles are for kids, you dont look like a kid on the foto

[@HawkesGaming]

Sadly they wont ever bring odyssey to consoles. =(

[@68Snaps]

So many stories about ED... A funny one: to unlock an engineer I had to travel 6000LY away from the bubble. I picked the Cat's eye system to finally see a black hole (3 actually). At the time, travelling 6000LY seemed like the end of the world, but I made it, and back, only to realize days later that there one one black hole in the bubble, right there, at Maia...

[@Flyingtiger1726]

Started playing in 2016 on PS4 switched to PC in 2019. My first Conda Explorer went to the Formidine Rift, then on to Colonia and Sag-A. (2017) Worked my way back to the bubble and cashed in. Many trials and tribulations on that trip, learned navigation and exploring proficiently. I purposely didn't use the Nutron Hwy. Call me old school but I learned a lot on that voyage.

[@donmiller316]

Best adventure for me was Raw Material gathering out at HIP 36601. I love ED because of the VR experience with my HOTAS setup. I had been to several sites, on several planets shooting the crystalline formations off the tall rocks. Some of the sites were very poor due to rough terrain and sparse materials. Then I found an area where the materials were down in a deep canyon, and I landed next to it planning to drive my SRV down to investigate. It turned out to be a looooong FALL down to the bottom and not a drive at all. The materials were plentiful and after harvesting all I could, I recalled my ship. But it would not land down in the canyon. Time after time it landed above on the rim. I know, I probably could have suicide'd my way out of it, but rather I chose to make a go at hill climbing a few thousand feet, switching back and forth, using free cam to find lateral routes. When I finally crested the top, probably a hour later, and saw my beloved DBX 'Saraph' there waiting for me, the sense of joy and accomplishment was so real it beyond just a game. And a really bizarre phenomenon is due to the immersion of VR, when I think back in my memory, (this was pre-Odyssey) it's almost as if I was really there, on a strange planet, in a distant solar system fighting for survival in my SRV.

[@MrMightyZ]

Mastering landing my ship in 1st person gave me the feeling that I had finally become a pilot and could now really play the game with confidence so was the best moment in my Elite career. But don’t consider me for the skins because I don’t play anymore. Last time I played was on Xbox 1 X, it was so beautiful but would be better now with VRR on XSX or PS5 but I still can’t afford or at least justify the cost of a gaming PC and right when I was about to buy a HOTAS, Odyssey came and made me feel surprisingly left out (I didn’t think I’d be so childish about it) and when they said consoles players can go take a long walk on a short pier it kinda took all the wind out of my sails and I lost the feeling of being inside a universe that was alive and supported. But it was such a magnificent game. I have mind blowing sessions on No Man’s Sky in PSVR2 to take its place now, it’s epic and thrilling but I’d prefer a PSVR2 version of Elite for that extra realism and simulation depth. But it’s a sad goodbye to Elite from me at least until I get a 4090 and can try Odyssey. 😢

[@abeelha1671]

Great video! i really hope ED keeps up with the core gameplay of ships! For my most memorable moment playing, was when i started getting the materials for engineering, where i put a 3 hour synthwave music in the background, and just grooved with my rover collecting manufactoring materials, i got so much drifting skills from that, that when i got back to my IRL car, i was inspired to actually learn how to drift, so i learned! Elite not just made me want to be a pilot myself in ships, but also made me have the inspiration to make drifts with my car hahahaha

[@HawkesGaming]

Okay so thats freaking cool! I would like to give you an Ice Sheet code! All you have to do is send Hawkes Gaming a message on Discord. My discord channel link is located in the video.

[@TheTruthHz]

I've literally just started playing again. Much like you I gave up when I first got the game in 2021 on Steam because I didn't have a HOTAS setup and I found the M+KB setup too fiddly to actually experience the game. Thanks to your New Starter video and now having an x-56 to control the game, I'm just starting to enjoy the wonders that are Elite Dangerous. Many thanks.

[@Ghostwulf.J.M.]

Best Elite Experience for me: Making hundreds of millions with deep core mining void opals in my well engineered python..... until FDev nerfed this dramatically😡 What always annoyed me in Elite Dangerous, is the larger ships are obviously designed to have a crew of multiple pepole, surrounded by pretty furnishing. But you are always alone, not able to walk around in your own ship, even your contracted fighter pilots are never to see. So what i wish, is the ability, to explore every single corner of my ships, wich are filled with npcs, who does NOT produce running costs, of course.

[@BrandonJones-eq2pt]

Best experience I've ever had in a video game was the protect Salome event, that would eventually be retold in the book Reclamation. I've never seen so many ships engaged in combat before.

[@pagoniskostas8578]

I think if the consistently add new ships/rovers/suits every other month would be really nice to keep the playerbase interested. Though NO ship-buy mechanic since imo star citizens system is absurd. I would not pay for ship and there should no be no p2w elements, but skins for those who are interested is another story, i think a season pass or a premium (perhaps for some extra arx or limited skins) would give them incentive to create cool stuff and have a group dedicated for cosmetics even if they have another title going. *Tiny note: Perhaps some visual revamp on stuff would be awesome, some ships stations and stuff would really need an upgrade in graphics department. *Tiny Edit: Ships Interior

[@bloodwing9597]

Just think how much more $$ they could make back if the still gave a rats ass about the Console community

[@pagoniskostas8578]

@@bloodwing9597 In general elite still holds insane potential, as a returning player from years ago im in love with elite again and im doing all sorts of things but i think the game is lacking something engaging. By the way i might be one of the few that liked the odyssey on foot battles, but performance needs some development love, with up to date powerful hardware its unreasonable to get down-spikes of performance in these close quarter battles.

[@petezzzz]

We are a patient, humble community. I know from myself that I appreciate the smallest of new Elite offerings. I even came to like EDO after despising it for months. I am looking forward to renewed enjoyment from my favorite game. o7

[@cmdrjongo9965]

looking forward to these 4 new ships coming. one thing i would like to see is a mid size fleet carrier, something smaller but it would be a breakpoint goal to reach to then it would help you get the rest. i,m grinding for a carrier now and boy 5 bill is alot. but if they had a mid size say at 2.5bill 2 large, 2 medium, 2 small landing pads, and a 12000 cargo hold it makes the grind easier. but looking forward to getting a carrier later this year

[@wisconsinbound2123]

think adding ships will help save the game. I like the exploration aspect of the game. Flying out seeing what is there

[@monomono9627]

If it's another medium hulltank then no, because FDL

[@HawkesGaming]

I'm hoping its an exploration variant similar to the krait mk II,

[@Garryck-1]

It's *ALL* about the ships for me! (And exploring.)

[@hornbenjamin]

I've been dreaming of a mining SLF for years. A smaller exploration-focused craft with a huge jump range and upgraded stock sensors would be very popular also. I like your idea of a combined air/ground mining loop. Anything that creates multi-player gameplay is very welcome!

[@Atrak8]

Space game needs ships, and new ships at that. it's a simple equation that I have always been suprised Fdev doesn't realise. I still think my favorite experience in Elite was running out of fuel, calling a FuelRat and having them pop in and refuel my ship. It was just a simple thing but it really made me feel connected to the rest of the playerbase in a way that nothing else did at the time.

[@arielis78]

There are a lot of ships from Elite and Elite 2 Frontier can bring over to ED, like the Panther, Boa, Constrictor, Lion, Gecko, Hawk, Falcon, Kestrel, Lynx, Moray, Osprey, Tiger, Puma...etc

[@franciscusferis8072]

I wish that the console players could atleast get the new ships

[@caelumincola]

So much to look forward to this year! Favourite moment though? Sooo may to choose from! Starting with my first tentative steps out of the Bubble in 2018 alone in my DBX to visit the Formidine Rift and feeling very isolated and awestruck with the beauty of it all, to being utterly terrified when I was hyperdicted by a Thargoid Interceptor for the very first time whilst hauling cargo down to the Pleiades. Jumping into Beagle Point for the first time as part of the Distant Worlds 2 Expedition was really emotional. Passing 'The Drill' to become a Fuel Rat and successfully undertaking my first rescue, as well as taking paying passengers to visit Sag A* in a 44ly Orca back in 2019. Countless adventures with friends across the galaxy on various trips to see some amazing sights, and more recently becoming a Buckyball Racer and hosting my own race last year was amazing, visiting the Titan and the Spire sites.... and VR!! Oh wow, what an absolute game changer! Probably my favourite moment though, I took a DBX down to Barnard's Loop and the Horsehead Nebulae recently, just to enjoy the area and I found a planet with great views of them. I settled down in a shadowy valley, with the Nebulae in front of me and switched off the HUD. I was in VR and I just sat there, my ship silent, staring out of the canopy at the stunning vista slowly creeping across the sky in front of me, the icy surface quietly groaning and cracking in the background. Even after over 5500hrs in this game it still has the power to overwhelm me and give me a tiny taste of what a possible future may be like to fly among the stars and visit other worlds. o7 CMDR.